January 24th in CSS3, HTML5 by .

HTML5 != CSS3


So a short while ago the W3C unveiled the all new HTML5 logo. Long has there been talk about HTML5, what it means, what is placed under this umbrella and so forth. There has been some posts about what it is and what it is not but, in general, people have been relatively happy to see people use HTML5 as a new brand, if you will, to push the next wave of web development.

However, we in the standards community, of which the W3C is supposed to be part, feel that we are responsible to ensure that developers know that it is not ok, to just run about calling everything from the HTML language, to the JavaScript API’s to CSS3, HTML5 web applications, because they are not.

With the announcements and unveiling of the HTML5 logo by the W3C a lot of developers have felt as if a dagger has been stabbed through their hart as the very people that define the standards, have gone and lumped the whole bunch together even including something so dissimilar as CSS3. I believe the ever outspoken Bruce Lawson says it best in the video below.

I want to do my bit, and besides this post and continuing to spread the word about what HTML5 really is, I designed a shirt that you as proud web developer should wear and show your colleagues and everyone else you come in contact with, that HTML5 != CSS3. I have also found that shirts such as these often spark talking points and thus will give you an apportunity to set the record straight, so to speak. All proceeds from the sale off these shirts will go directly to the WHAT-WG for the further development of the future of the web.

HTML != CSS3 shirt

Show your support and spread the word, buy your shirt today.

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  • Anonymous

    Ok so, guess what? Everything is right with the world again. The WHAT-WG has dropped the 5, changed their model and is working on the ‘living standard’ which is HTML. The W3C acknowledged their mistake, updated their FAQ and HTML5 now means HTML5 and only that.

    But wait, I said there is no more HTML5? But there is, the W3C is continuing to use the snapshot model and is therefore keeping the version numbering to identify the iteration of the language. This is a really good move and I whole heartedly support this and applaud both the W3C and WHAT-WG

  • smartsearchmedia

    I honestly think it’s fairly simple, and fairly intelligent by both the W3 and WhatWG. They both defined exactly what they are talking about, and the W3 made sure to define something the general public was using. Now, when the general public uses HTML5, we can point to a clear and define definition.

    • Anonymous

      The move that was I refer to below that was made by the WHAT-WG and then the W3C was definitely the right move and should give a lot of people closure on the situation.

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